Adarsh Scam: Army rebuts Adarsh Panel's report

Adarsh Scam: Army rebuts Adarsh Panel's report Mumbai: An internal report of the Defence Ministry has dismissed the findings of the judicial commission's interim report into the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Maharashtra. Mumbai's infamous tower of deceit, the Adarsh Housing Society, has now turned into a flashpoint pitting the Defence Ministry against the Maharashtra government. A state government-appointed judicial commission concluded that the land on which the building stands belongs to the state. The Army said...
10:19 AM, May 11, 2012

Maharashtra: Naxals abduct 10 villagers, kill 2

Maharashtra: Naxals abduct 10 villagers, kill 2 Mumbai: Naxals on Thursday killed two people and abducted 10 others from Marke village in Gadchiroli district. Naxals are demanding that the CRPF should be withdrawn from the area and that Operation Green Hunt should be halted. The incident comes hours after BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka was released on Thursday after 32 days. ...
02:40 PM, Apr 26, 2012

Tikku murder accused confesses to another killing

Tikku murder accused confesses to another killing Mumbai: In a new twist in the murder case of businessman Arunkumar Tikku, the Mumbai Police on Monday claimed that chief suspect, Vijay Palande confessed to the murder of an aspiring film producer Karan Kakkar. Parts of his body were recovered from Chiplun on Monday. Days after his arrest for allegedly masterminding TV actor Anuj Tikku's father's murder, Vijay Palande, who even claimed complete innocence in the case, has allegedly...
10:27 PM, Apr 16, 2012

Tikku murder case witnesses high drama

Tikku murder case witnesses high drama Mumbai: One of the suspects held for the murder of senior citizen Arunkumar Tikku fled police custody but was re-arrested after a nightlong manhunt. In the court, the suspect, Vijay Palande, claimed he was never arrested. There were allegations of police torture by the man accused of murdering TV actor Anuj Tikku's father. "I am being framed. I have been beaten up," said Palande. He told the court that he...
09:23 PM, Apr 11, 2012

Pirates strike again, govt remains helpless

Pirates strike again, govt remains helpless Mumbai: There seems to be no end to the plight of Indian sailors. In the latest case, the Somali pirates have hijacked a Nigeria-bound vessel with 17 Indians among the 22 taken hostage. The incident took place on March 2. The families of the sailors have not been able to establish any contact with them. They have now turned to the Indian government for help. The Somali pirates have this...
10:01 PM, Apr 09, 2012

Mumbai drunken driving mishap: 1 dead, 6 injured

Mumbai drunken driving mishap: 1 dead, 6 injured Mumbai: A joyride gone horribly wrong in Mumbai. Eighteen-year-old Shivani Raut lost her life in a car crash, while six others are hospitalized. Police claims one of their friends was driving the car in an inebriated state. The accident happened near an ATM, after the driver lost control and hit a tree, before ramming straight into a stationary autorikshaw. Shivani Raut, along with 5 friends, was on a joyride in...
09:17 PM, Mar 31, 2012

Mumbai: BARC security breached 25 times in 2 years

Mumbai: BARC security breached 25 times in 2 years Mumbai: The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India's premier nuclear facility in Mumbai and also most vulnerable to a possible terror attack was on top of the list of sensitive buildings surveyed and video-taped by 26/11 terror attacks planner David Coleman Headley. Headley surveyed the BARC complex for a possible terror strike. Intelligence agencies have now reported, despite stepped-up security after the Mumbai terror attacks, at least 25 intrusions have...
06:36 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Adarsh scam: CBI submits status report to Bombay HC

Adarsh scam: CBI submits status report to Bombay HC

The CBI has submitted its status report to the Bombay HC even as the Maharashtra government suspends two serving IAS officers. ...
10:34 PM, Mar 22, 2012

Adarsh Housing Society scam: CBI probe too slow?

Adarsh Housing Society scam: CBI probe too slow? Mumbai: More than 14 months after registering an FIR in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, the CBI on Tuesday made the first arrests in the case. Former sub-divisional officer of Defence, RC Thakur, former senior bureaucrat, PV Deshmukh and retired Brigadier MM Wanchu were arrested for fraudulently securing clearances for Adarsh. Former MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani will also be arrested soon. The CBI's action comes just days after the Bombay High...
09:40 PM, Mar 20, 2012

Kripashankar's properties raided by SIT, attached

Kripashankar's properties raided by SIT, attached Mumbai: On a day when the Supreme Court refused to give relief to tainted former Mumbai Congress Chief Kripashankar Singh in the disproportionate assets case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Mumbai swung into action and started the process of attaching the MLA's properties across the city. From early Friday morning, SIT officers zeroed in on various locations across the city where 19 properties belonging to Kripashankar and his family...
09:35 PM, Mar 02, 2012

Ship that hit boat off Kerala coast identified

Ship that hit boat off Kerala coast identified New Delhi: The merchant ship suspected to be involved in the collision with a fishing boat off the Kerala coast which killed 2 Indian fishermen has been identified. Sources in the Directorate General Shipping (DGS) said that a coastguard identified the ship based on suspicion. "Ship owner was asked to bring the ship to Kochi for further probe. The ship allegedly collided with fishing boat killing 2 fishermen. Ship was...
06:15 PM, Mar 02, 2012

A Cong leader's journey from rags to riches

A Cong leader's journey from rags to riches Mumbai: Congress MLA Kripashankar Singh had to step down from the post of Mumbai Pradesh Congress chief after an indictment from the Bombay High Court in disproportionate assets case. But for someone who began his life in Mumbai in 1973 as a vegetable seller, it's perhaps an incredible rags to riches tale. Kripashankar Singh and his family, whose reported source of income is a salary of Rs 45,000, now owns...
07:22 PM, Feb 29, 2012
Saif Ali Khan gets bail after brawl with NRI

Saif Ali Khan gets bail after brawl with NRI

Iqbal Sharma filed a complain again Saif for alleged assaulting him and his father in law. ...
07:04 PM, Feb 23, 2012
Saif brawl case: will pursue the matter, says victim

Saif brawl case: will pursue the matter, says victim

Saif Ali Khan was arrested and released by police on bail after being charged with assaulting a NRI. ...
06:47 PM, Feb 23, 2012

Saif: I could have been a little more Gandhian

Saif: I could have been a little more Gandhian Mumbai: There was high drama in Mumbai as actor Saif Ali Khan was arrested and then released on bail for allegedly assaulting an NRI at the Taj Hotel. Saif said that he acted in self defence and that he was provoked and attacked first. Giving his side of the story in the ugly scuffle at a 5-star hotel that made headlines, Saif Ali Khan, outside his residence in Bandra on...
07:29 AM, Feb 23, 2012